Hitler did not like democracy. He was born in 1889 in a time of European monarchies and that is the only form of government that he was familier with. He despised them too and thought that they had become corrupt and were responsible for the lack of hope in the lower classes of the people that he grew up with. The form of government that he did espouse was very similar to commmunism in that is was socialist and supposidy for the little man, but with strong nationalistic overtones. Democracy meant mob rule to Hitler and he did not think Germany could become great by adhering to it. The ideal of a strong man to lead the people to greatness had long been prevalent in German thinking. Also the idea that the state and leader should have unquestioned obedience came from hundreds of year's of Martin Luther's teachings on man's relations with the state. After WW1 Germany had a democracy that given a chance would have worked, but with the worldwide depression and Hitler's constant propanganda against it, it failed and he and his gangster like friends took over and he became the supreme ruler of the people and the army.
After murdering friend and foe and millions of innocent Jews this madman finally died by his own hand. Ironically, Germany today as a democracy is one of the strongest economies of the world, and their experiment with strong man rule will hopefully never be repeated.
If Hitler was against democracy because it is irrational to let the mob rule, then there is a similar argument by Plato, and it goes something like this: Ruling a state is a skill. It is rational to leave the exercise of a skill to the experts. The people are not experts at ruling. In a democracy the people rule. So, democracy is irrational.
On the other hand.... It is irrational to have a mad person ruling a state. A rational form of government is one where the people can vote out a mad ruler. In a democracy the people have the power to vote out a mad ruler. So, democracy is rational.
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The question can be ed without reference to Plato and Luther! Like other German nationalists, Hitler asssociated democracy with failure, military defeat, mob rule and socialism.
Yes. He thought democracy was weak, effeminate, socialist, un-German and contempible. In the period 1918-1945 many Germans took a broadly similar view of democracy, though they didn't necessarily agree on every detail.
Hitler, along with many German conservatives and nationalists:
he was not keen
Hitler was elected democratically but then made himself a dictator.
The Third Reich which was a dictatorship whereas the Weimar Republic was a democracy.
Germany pursues a policy of active commitment to democracy - and this involves among other things - a ban on Nazi writings.
Weimar Republic unknowingly did a lot to give rise to Hitler.the weimar republic beleived in democracy forgetting about the stupid minds of the natives, thus they had to pay the sins of the defeat of WW1. Getting weak in such a manner, HItler took advantage of the situation and started his propoganda. This was thw time when people started supporting Hitler. Deepakshi Arora
He didn't think that, his mother died from breast cancer and Hitler was aware of that.
Hitler knew that democracy would only hinder or prevent his plans.
Hitler was elected democratically but then made himself a dictator.
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When Hitler was appointed in January 1933, Germany was a democracy. To pass a law, the Reichstag had to agree to it after a bill went through the normal.
Hitler was not a system, Germany was a democracy and it democratically elected Hitler, then they democraticlly changed to a one party state.
I don't really think that democracy caused WWII. There were many other factors which contributed much more (if democracy did indeed cause it!) these were; An aggressive Germany under Hitler appeasement (namely by France and Britain) failure to recognize a true threat bitterness of Germans at their treatment at Versailles failure of the league of nations and so on.... i think to ask how democracy caused WWII is very vague as democracy did not cause WW2 at all!
Throughout his career as politician and warlord, Adolf Hitler considered democracy to be a weak, corrupt, and despicable form of government. Advocating instead a far more rigid, authoritarian, and absolutist form of governing nations, Hitler sought to establish in Germany a decidedly non-democratic ruling system through his Nazi Party activities.
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The world was at war and Hitler was winning in 1941.
No, they do not think that Hitler is a hero.
I think Hitler didnt have a desiese